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As far as academics, help here with shapes, numbers, colors, the alphabet, etc. As far as social, if she is not use to being without you, try doing a trial run with her being away from you for an hour or so. Maybe do a playdate or something as well. To be honest, a week is not much time to prepare.

You can get her excited about going, talk about making friends and sharing and caring. Love the book The Kissing Hand, it talks about leaving Mom in a gentle, very touching way--read it first if you have not so you don't cry.

Working with numbers, letters, shapes and colors is great and something you should do at her pace to encourage this learning but honestly if she does not know any of these things that is what preschool is all about. There is no entrance exam.